Howdy, I am writing to find if anyone has any suggestions on how to liven up my 1.5 year old male ferret. Until about six months ago he was pretty rambunctious. He always wanted to play. Then he justy seemed to tire of the games we were playing with him. He will come out of his cage and just lay down on the floor. When he began behaving like this he started to put on weight. We took him to his vet but no problem. He had previously only behaved this way when sick with the flu etc. In any case we though that it may have been because he was alone in a cage most of the day and we looked into adopting anouther ferret. We ended up with anouther 1.5 year old male, Sam. Perri and Sam have developed a great friendship but perri seems to be gatting more and more lethargic and fatter as well. He spends most of his time lying on the floor or on a chair with his eyes wide open, the only time he is truly active is when wrestling with Sam. Sam is always the one who starts it. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get perri to be more active. He gets tons of love from my girlfriend and I but it just doesn't seem to help. Also he has been diagnosed with an enlarged spleen. Could that be the problem. Thanks, Pat [Posted in FML issue 1301]